This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Beowulf – Quiz 109 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Beowulf Quiz 109 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A pause marked by a dash in a line of poetry A) Wyrd. B) Muse. C) Watches. D) Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watches. 2. What body part did Beowulf rip from Grendel's body? A) Arm. B) Leg. C) Head. D) Heart tagsPlot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arm. 3. Give the meaning:bade A) To utter; to express. B) To spin uncontrollably; to careen. C) To help; to serve others. D) To act inappropriately; to be malicious toward others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To utter; to express. 4. When did Grendel finish killing? A) When there was no one left. B) He fled when they wounded him. C) When he faced the king. D) When he had satisfied his appetite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When he had satisfied his appetite. 5. How long was Beowulf king? A) Fifty years. B) Never. C) Twenty years. D) Thirty years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fifty years. 6. Who terrorizes the land of The Danes? A) Beowulf. B) Hrothgar. C) Scyld Scefing. D) Grendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel. 7. In a business built on dreams and raw energy, Sarah brings detail, stability, and an increasingly ..... eye for a deal. A) Beset. B) Venturesome. C) Sheer. D) Canny. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canny. 8. Beowulf was created and set in the ..... A) Dark Ages. B) Stone Age. C) Victorian Era. D) 100 Years War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dark Ages. 9. While waiting for Grendel what does Beowulf do? A) He sweats profusely. B) He cracks his knuckles once and waits. C) He sits and panics. D) He schemes how he can get out of fighting the monster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He cracks his knuckles once and waits. 10. Showing wisdom or good judgement A) Baleful. B) Sage. C) Pinioned. D) Venerable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sage. 11. DEFINE:Prowess A) Ability / Skill. B) To control. C) A Marvel superhero. D) Part of a ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ability / Skill. 12. The main gathering place in an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the center of their society or culture A) Sea-road. B) Mead Hall. C) Coffee Shop. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mead Hall. 13. Moor A) To unhitch (a vessel) from the shore or an anchor. B) Make fast (a vessel) to the shore or to an anchor. C) A member of a northwestern African Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make fast (a vessel) to the shore or to an anchor. 14. What is the significance of loyalty in Beowulf? A) It is a central theme of the story. B) It is the main motivation for the characters' actions. C) It is a characteristic of the hero's downfall. D) It is a quality valued by the Germanic tribes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is a quality valued by the Germanic tribes. 15. "I mean to stand, not run from his shooting Flames, stand till fate decides Which of us wins" [typo has been updated ..... answer with the correct answer] A) Pagan allusion. B) Biblical allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pagan allusion. 16. How many men does Beowulf take with him to Denmark? A) None but himself. B) 8. C) 14. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14. 17. Theme A) Giving human characteristics to something not human. B) An insult. C) Main character. D) Moral or lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moral or lesson. 18. Drag and drop to FILL IN THE BLANK:When the (a) couple entered the room, everyone stood and clapped to show their respect. A) A Majestic (adj). B) Sentinel (n). C) Shroud (n). D) Purge (v). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Majestic (adj). 19. Leave or give, especially by will after one's death A) Bequeath. B) Respite. C) Felicity. D) Bane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bequeath. 20. TRUE or FALSE:The setting of an epic is very limited. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesBeowulf Quiz 1Beowulf Quiz 2Beowulf Quiz 3Beowulf Quiz 4Beowulf Quiz 5Beowulf Quiz 6Beowulf Quiz 7Beowulf Quiz 8Beowulf Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books